4 ms·

PSA: Apollo 13 is currently marked as “Leaving Soon” on Netflix.

• laidoffamazon 2y ago
  The scenes where they identify the square peg/round hole problem and where John Aaron and Ken Mattingly get the power draw down are some of my favorite in any movie. Must watch for any engineer
  • schiffern 2y ago
    I love how their solution was not to fit the square peg into the round hole, but to use the suit air hose system to pull air through the filter instead. They achieved the important function ("flow cabin air through the filter") in a totally different way. https://www.nasa.gov/history/afj/ap13fj/15day4-mailbox.html https://www.nasa.gov/history/afj/ap13fj/15day4-mailbox.html https://spacecenter.org/apollo-13-infographic-how-did-they-make-that-co2-scrubber/ https://spacecenter.org/apollo-13-infographic-how-did-they-m...
    • llmguy 2y ago
      [flagged]
      • cheschire 2y ago
        pretty sure you can't call it spoilers if the movie itself is 30 years old.
        • cshokie 2y ago
          …based on a true story that was 55 years ago…
        • hinkley 2y ago
          There are better spoilers in the movie at any rate.